Author: Olivia

I have been looking for a new job after being fired because one of the supervisors was a dick to me. It's been since August and can't get a job in anything related to my career. I have now gotten an opportunity to get an internship, but it doesn't pay, and I need to keep working so I can have money to eat Starting next week I'm going to my internship from 10-14 and a job from 15-21 I have been working since I was 15 and can't get a job, not even pass the 1st interview I hate this

Seriously, what the fuck. 22 million people in the industry in this country. I work half a month straight every month. More than half of the shit I work to produce gets thrown in the fuckin trash. What's the point of anymore. Get paid 15 dollars an hour to work my ass off every fucking day of my life I seems. What's that fuckin point. And hour of my life is worth like what 36 fuckin eggs or some shit! Ridiculous. When the fuck are we collectively going to do something about everyone of us small folk in this country getting ass raped. I'm at my wits end here.

EDITED to ask the following question: has anyone had any success with just saying “no” to coming back in-person full-time? How has that worked out? Since entering the workforce in 2010, I have worked a variety of office jobs in the public and private sectors, all equally underwhelming, underpaid, and with stupid management. But fortunately, through both the Great Recession and COVID, I have never experienced a period of unemployment. But I have a feeling that streak is about to end soon. My employer is now mandating that everyone come back to the office from remote in-person full-time – there is no real business reason for this other than their desire to control our time. Their rationale, however, includes a very strong undertone of “now that the pendulum has swung back to the employer, we can mandate whatever we want of you, since layoffs are down the line anyway.” Several…

From: Behind the Bastards podcast, 5/9/2023 In 1953, GE worked in the balanced, best interests of all. The annual report trumpeted how much the company had paid in taxes, the virtue of paying its suppliers well, and how critical it was to take care of its employees. That year, GE proudly stated that it spent some 37% of its sales on pay and benefits for its workers, resulting in the biggest payroll in the company’s history, with more people at work than ever before. Only after enumerating the nimber of ways in which it was helping the government, suppliers, and employees did the company mention how much it allocated for investors: the sum, a modest 3.9% of sales. This is why older generations don’t understand why generations today aren’t having kids and aren’t buying houses. And why “no one wants to work anymore.” Back in the ‘50s companies understood that…

I work as a lifeguard and I have overheard that my boss is going to make all staff sign a contract that basically states that we can get terminated if we don’t perform our tasks and if we are on our phone or talking to one another while guarding. Everyone at my work usually does what they’re told and we never have anyone that doesn’t follow the rules. I don’t know how I feel about my boss giving us this form. Is this a normal thing that happens in the workplace? Should I sign the contract?